Becoming A Doctor: Recent Episodes
Santana Sanchez and Kevin Gale
Join Santana Sanchez and Kevin Gale, two FOURTH-year medical students, in candid conversations on the highs and the lows of medical school. In this weekly podcast, they reflect on their experiences as they bounce from rotation to rotation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and hear perspectives from current and future physicians along the way.
In their first episode since graduating from med school, Kevin and Santana are joined by 2 of their peers to talk about being doctors!
Santana and Kevin are joined by their friend and classmate, Danielle, to discuss her upcoming move for residency and one of her favorite restaurants of all time.
Kevin and Santana are joined by their new friend Pombie, who is studying medicine at the University of Iowa. They discuss their shared love for friend-of-the-pod Amrit Vasdev, and Pombie drops a spicy medical fashion take.
Santana and Kevin are joined by their classmate and future EM doc Michael to discuss how much more qualified he was for medical school than any of their other peers.
Kevin and Santana are joined by friend and future MD Tom Sorenson to relive the highs and lows of match week.
Santana and Kevin are joined by their friend and classmate Jake to discuss Elden Ring and some other less important topics.
Kevin and Santana reconnect with their old pal Varun who's living his best life soaking up the sun out on the Best Coast.
Kevin and Santana are joined by their friend and classmate Nuwan! He opens up about the highs and lows of his medical school journey and shares a take so hot it threatens to burn down the whole pod.
SEASON 2 premieres with special guest John Cahir. He joins Santana and Kevin as they discuss his career prior to enrolling in medical school and his experience over the last 4 years.
Kevin and Santana catch up with their friend and classmate Khuaten. She brings a spicy take, a touching memory, and answers the age-old question: Why would you want to do a surgery residency?
Santana and Kevin are joined by their good pal Maalik, a dental student, who schools them on the pearly whites and drops the hottest of all possible takes.
Kevin and Santana are joined by the Dean for Student Affairs, Dr. Michael Kim to discuss his path to medicine and his yet-to-be-published research.
Santana and Kevin are joined by their classmate and good pal Pavi! They reminisce on the past four years and look forward to the next phase of their training.
Kevin and Santana are joined by their classmate and "man of the Earth", Aaron to discuss the enthralling subjects of ERAS, COVID-19, and the fourth year of medical school.
Santana and Kevin are joined by Dr. Lisa Sudmeier who flexes on them by being a mother, a doctor, and a scientist working on brain cancer therapies.
Kevin and Santana are joined by their classmate Morgan to escape ERAS and discuss some juicy news.
Santana and Kevin are joined by their classmate Lily to discuss critically important topics such as 'Animal Crossing', portaging, and diet culture.
Kevin and Santana are joined by their classmate Lorenzo, one of the best memers in the game.
Santana and Kevin are joined by their classmate David to break down their ICU experiences.
Santana and Kevin are FINALLY joined by their classmate Tori to discuss couple matching.
Kevin and Santana are joined by 10/10 guy Alex to break down his med school experience.
Santana and Kevin are joined by the one and only Jillian to discuss burgers (trigger warning for Californians)
Kevin and Santana are joined by their classmate Anderson who gives the much-anticipated pro-space rebuttal.
Santana and Kevin are joined by their classmate Max to break down the moral hazards of air travel.
Kevin and Santana catch up with their classmate Kayla, who brings the hottest take ever dropped on this podcast.
Santana and Kevin call up their classmate Alayna to discuss space, chemical burns, and the misery of aging.
Kevin and Santana are joined by their friend and classmate Amrit Vasdev. With a special extra guest appearance.
Santana and Kevin meet their hero Dr. Dustyn Williams, founder and creator of OnlineMedEd.